New Ulm weekly review., 1887-11-30
MINNESOTA NE s ITEMS

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The home for children and aged women Of
Minneapolis is nearly SIS, 600 better off in
consequence Of q ball. 5
Webb. twelve-year-old son Of j.. NJ.
Smart, fell rough the ice on the lake at
Pelican Rapids and was drowned.
| In the case OF Nels Holong, on trial at
Fergus Falls fort he murder of Lille Field.
the jury brought in q verdict Of murder III
the first degree.
mass meeting at Red Wing demands
the removal n Of the reform school from ST.
Paul to that City.
At Brainerd, Or. Hawley, dean of the
Northern Minnesota deanery, who was just
recovering from a d dangero ous illness, slipped
and fell and is again bedridden.
Chip Sherwood, former st. Paul resi-.
dent is thought to be drowned in Lake
Michigan.
At the annual meeting OF the Nicoilet
County Agricu tural society the following
officers were elected: President, Martin
Peterson; vice presidents, George E. Case,
Andrew Nelson, p. III. McDermid; seere-
tary, John A. johnson; treasurer, A. j..
Lamberton.
The department OF chemistry in Carleton
college, at l.orthfeld, has just received q
very fine chemical balance to be used in
quanttative analysis. Becker. Sons, AM
sterdam, are the makers. 1t is capable of
weighing to the ithousandth part OF a
grain The college library has been pre-.
sented a set OF Niles Weekly Register, sew
enty volumes. published ut Baltimore,
1S11-1S4s. This paper is authority on
all matters OF American history for the pc,
riod covered by it.
Among the decisions handed down by
the supreme court was one in favor of DR..
James A. Quinn, as coroner of Ramsey
county, against DIR. j. G.. Markoe. The
latter was given the Office by the official
rictcourt, by a decision OF which DR.. Mark oe
; was compelled to vacate the office. He
then appealed to the supremc court, taking
as one point that the use ''stickers" was
illegal. This point was overruled.
Charles Shandrew, state insurance COM
missi ioner, has revoked the certificate of
authority OF the Continental Lie Insur-
ance company, OF Hartford, Conn.,, and
commanded it to cease business in this
state
A. II. Lewis, a prominent citizen OF Owa.
tonna is dead. The Winona iobbers' as
sOciation has elected the following officers ):
President w. j. Landon; vice president,
Roscoe Doud: secretary, Z. S. Bell; treas
urer, Roscoe Horton; executive commit.
tee, H. NJ. Kinney. G. w. Gregory, G. NJ.
Youmans.
Winona had a serious fire Sunday the
2Oth. 1t caught in the basement of a
large frame building on West Fourth Street
owned by the Gate City Carriage company
and formerly occupied by their manufac-
tory. The buildings destroyed were: First
ue 81, 500, furniture 81, 900. Gate City car
riage building, $4,000; loss on stock,
$500. Two-story frame house, owned
by Conrad Bohn, $1,8O5 occupied
by DR.. Timmons. who loses
$500 on furniture. Twc-story frame,
owned by Conrad Bohn. valued at 81 800;
occupied by Joe Tisdale, who loses $500 on
furniture. Two.story frame owned by E.
IS. Davis; loss $l.5OU. Barn owned by
Judge Wilson; loss $500, insured for 5000.
The totalloss is about SIT, 600; insurance,
$4,000.
This is said to have been the most pros.
porous year Duluth has had in the way OF
building and street i'm proven en- ts, and the
figures will rum up to about 81, 600, 900. or
,one.half more than 1886.
The In ternational hotel OF Anoka has
been sold to Jonas Brown of Minneapolis
for $15 900. It is supposed the pur chase
was made for Henry Webster, an old hotel
man.
In the district court at Fergus Falls, Pat.
tee and Rae & w. G. Crandall, druggists of
Pelican Rapids. were fined $50 each for
Illicit liquor selling.
The lumber cut in Minneapolis this sea.
son is estimated at 210, 600, 600 feet.
!. Harry Ghostley, postmaster Of Champ
lin, dropped dead at his breakfa st taEle
recently, from q stroke of apopIexy. He
represented Hennepin county in the legis-
lature in 1878.
Senator Cushman K Davis and wife
have gone to Washington.
Wilkins & Smith, OF theold Mower Coun-
~ bank, who were indicted by the grand
jury have just given $1,000 bonds for
their appearance at the next term of court.
Abram Ozmun, for many years the most
extensive hardware dealer of Rochester.
was smitten with paralysis. His recovery
is doubtful.
At Wabasha the blacksmith shop OF
.John y. Hill and wagon shops adjoining
were burned. Loss, $1,000; insurance,
$500.
Ole Holen, living seven miles from Twin
Valley near Moorhead, froze to death.
Austin building improvements OF this
year foot up $685. 600.
At Fergus Falls Eugene Lucy, the SLAYER
OF James Gates was convicted OF murder
IN the second degree.
A courier from Rosseau lake brings
news OF a murder committed at that poipt,
being the extreme eastern point Of Kittson
county. The murdered,man, Israel Ryder,
an Indian trader, was shot by Charles
Gopenaz. an Indian residing on Rosseau
lake. The shooting took place during a
drunken spree, in which several Indians
took part. The Indians were not on
friendly terms with RYDER, and the sup
position is they took this time to kill him.
The courier reported that the murderer
crossed the line into Canada.
A young man named Michael Brown.
who was before the probate court at
Litchfield. on a charge ofinsanity was prt,-
nounoed sane, which fact he verified by
stealing q sfarmer's team, was CAPTURED
and ind lodged in the comfy jail.
While in st. Paul some real estate boonc.
ers presented Presiflent { (leveland nth :. -